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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
TEOTIHUACAN STONE MASK
CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 450 - 650
Details
TEOTIHUACAN STONE MASK
CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 450 - 650
carved with the youthful face of a dignitary, elongated eyes once inlaid with shell or stone, thin arched brows, lips parted as if in speech, the rectangular ear flanges pierced; in deep green veined serpentine, pierced four times at the temple and sides of the cheeks for attachment.
Height 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.)
CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 450 - 650
carved with the youthful face of a dignitary, elongated eyes once inlaid with shell or stone, thin arched brows, lips parted as if in speech, the rectangular ear flanges pierced; in deep green veined serpentine, pierced four times at the temple and sides of the cheeks for attachment.
Height 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 34, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 86, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 34, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 86, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Further details
The significance of Teotihuacan masks is underscored by the fact that the Aztecs treasured them as heirlooms and included them in significant burials and caches.